Nok Air EFATO at BKK

[Xeque]

They got the headline wrong since the guys got it round and back down again. However and I'm not sure of the source>



Nok Air fails to lift off, skids off runway

BANGKOK: -- A Thai budget airline jetliner skidded off a runway Sunday afternoon as it was making an emergency landing at Bangkok International Airport following engine trouble, according to company executives.

Somchainuk Engtrakul, acting president national carrier Thai Airways International, Nok Air's parent company, said some 109 passengers were aboard Nok Air flight DD7506.

The Boeing 737-400 was departing Bangkok to the southern resort island of Phuket Sunday afternoon but was forced to abort its takeoff shortly after the left engine developed trouble and stopped functioning before it lifted off.

The problem forced the plane to skid off the runway, according to Mr. Somchainuk.

THAI emergency centre director Surapol Isarangkura na Ayutthaya said that all passengers were safe and that no one was injured. They were transferred to another aircraft.

An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the engine malfunction, he said.

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Actually this is a bit confusing. The original report said the event took place during an emergency landing but it is beginning to look as if they lost one just at about V1/V2 followed by problems with the No 2 engine immediately after. Hence an rapid abort that may well have ended up off to one side. I am still trying to find more info.

[Xeque]

OK - here de latest from the Nation newspaper....

Nok Air flight skids off runway, 8 hurt

BANGKOK: -- A Nok Air Boeing 737 skidded off a runway at Don Muang airport yesterday after being forced to make an emergency landing due to an engine problem.

Eight of its 110 passengers sustained minor injuries.

The injured passengers, including one Western woman, sprained their ankles while exiting from the aircraft after the landing. Although most used the emergency exits as instructed by the flight crew, some of them jumped from the aircraft’s wing in panic. No official statement about the injuries was released by Thai Airways, the parent company of the budget airline.

Somchainuek Engtrakul, acting managing director of the national flag carrier, had initially said that none of the passengers had been injured.

One passenger said that flight DD 7506 from Bangkok to Phuket had been delayed for an hour without explanation from either Thai Airways or the Airports of Thailand before finally taking off at 2.20pm.

Jitsak Limpakornkul said the aircraft’s starboard engine exploded and was engulfed in flame just five minutes after take-off.

The plane circled Don Muang Airport for 10 minutes before landing, he said, adding that black smoke was billowing from the starboard side of the fuselage as passengers were being evacuated.

Therdphong Phakphiankul, another passenger, said he was impressed with the pilot in making a safe landing and the decision to avoid possible panic among passengers by not informing them of the problem prior to the landing.

However, he said a lot of passengers later became upset because of the slow transfer to another flight so they could continue their onward journey.

“We were kept in a processing room for two hours without explanation or even drinking water,” he said.

“Those who wanted a refund on their tickets had to queue up to do the paperwork, and will now have to wait another 15 days to get the money back.”

A spokeswoman for the Airports of Thailand, which operates the country’s airports, confirmed that the aircraft had skidded off the runway.

“The Nok Air flight from Bangkok to Phuket sought an emergency landing at Bangkok International Airport because its right engine had developed a problem,” another airport security official said.

“No one was injured during the landing,” he said, adding that smoke from the engine was extinguished as the passengers were evacuated.

--The Nation 2006-02-06

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:hmm:
Well that explains the Feb 5 NOTAM about reduced available landing distance for 21R.
Didn't notice anything unusual yesterday (6th) at BKK (other than the usual ledgendary delays for push and departure) :uhoh: Can't say I was really looking for a crippled aircraft though ... was it the green one or the purple one?